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I think saluting the general of a brutal regime is way worse then a slight bow. But I'm not so blindly loyal to any party. You folks that have pledged allegiance to your party get so caught up in ridiculous things and then allow the politicians to completely ignore or screw up the big things.
I don't see it as an issue really. It was meant as a gesture of respect at that moment in time.
While technically civilians are not supposed to salute (with the exception of veterans), as Commander in Chief and ultimately the number one guy in charge of all military, I think the President of the US should be allowed to salute as he sees fit.
Remember all the Trump supporters (and Trump) screaming about Obama bowing? What are their thoughts about Trump saluting a North Korean general the day after minimizing Kim's history of murder?
North Korea state TV airs footage of Trump saluting North Korean military officer http://thehill.com/policy/internatio...g-north-korean
Bowing like Obama did is an act of submission to a higher power whereas a salute is a show of respect like a handshake.
Yup.
Trump tried to shake the general's hand first, but the general was confused and saluted instead. In that sort of high pressure, high stakes situation, there's no time to reflect on what 'should' have been done.
Trump acted appropriately under the circumstances.
It's the Japanese custom to bow. How was observing his host's customs a bad thing?
Honoring a dictator's cruel regime is not a custom of American presidents.
Or at least it wasn't until Trump.
Hopeless case with them. They follow their leader regardless. They no longer understand what our country fought for and represents. Reagan's, "America is a shining city upon a hill," was snuffed out by an idiot and his followers.
"As Ronald Reagan emphasized, America is a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere."[1]
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And, "As Ronald Reagan said in his farewell address to the nation, 'I've spoken of the Shining City all my political life. …In my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still.'
Bowing like Obama did is an act of submission to a higher power whereas a salute is a show of respect like a handshake.
No, Obama slightly bowed to a Japanese emperor because that's how they greet. He bent over to shake the hand of a Saudi because the guy was shorter. But Trump saluting the head of a dictator's military, that's great because respect! And then he goes on the minimize the dictator's murderous record.
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